A Black Hawk helicopter took its first autonomous flight without a pilot on board on Saturday at Fort Campbell, Kentucky.
The helicopter flew for 30 minutes without any passengers on board first on Saturday and again on Monday, according to a release from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency , the Department of Defense's research arm.The test flight is a part of DARPA's Aircrew Labor In-Cockpit Automation System program, which aims to put"removable kits" into already existing military aircrafts to"promote the addition of high-level automation," the program's webpage says.
"With reduced workloads pilots can focus on mission management instead of the mechanics," said Stuart Young, program manager in DARPA's Tactical Technology Office said in a release about the successful test flight."This unique combination of autonomy software and hardware will make flying both smarter and safer."Read MoreThe ALIAS program has"leveraged the considerable advances in aircraft automation systems over the past 50 years," the release said.
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